[WikiEN-l] Another"BADSITES"controversy

[Fred Bauder]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Slim Virgin [mailto:slimvirgin at gmail.com]
>
>The ArbCom's decision is good as a rule of thumb. Note that it says:
>"[a] website that engages in the *practice* of publishing private
>information concerning the identities of Wikipedia participants will
>be regarded as an attack site whose pages should not be linked to from
>Wikipedia pages under any circumstances ..." (emphasis added). That
>doesn't include an otherwise decent website that happens to repeat a
>Wikipedian's name without that person's consent. It's not a good thing
>that someone has been named, but that one act doesn't tranform it into
>an attack site.
>
>People who want to be able to link to the dedicated attack sites are
>exaggerating the arguments to make their opponents look nuts. Common
>sense has to be applied, as always.

This is an accurate analysis of the situation.

Fred